SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 05 August 2021"

Morning-Shift (English Language)

Q1. Sentences of a pragraph are given below in jumble order. Arrenge the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A.    As a result, he had bedt of 500 million US dollars at the time of his death.
B.    Unfortunately, he began spending lavishly on anything he desired, not what he actually needed.
C.    Michael Jackson, called the ‘King of Pop Music’, stayed at the top of his career for many years.
D.    He was respected for his work culture; he would spend long nights at the studio to fix a note correctly in a song.
1.    CDBA
2.    DBAC
3.    ADCB
4.    BADC
Q2. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitude for the given group of words.
A new project or business activity involving some risk
1.    Experiment
2.    Taboo
3.    Venture (n)
4.    Entrepreneur
Q3. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1.    Evidence 
2.    Resolute
3.    Discussion
4.    Hautily
Q4. Select the most appropriate word to fill in blank.
Today you may not                what you hear, but that is the truth and you have to accept it.
1.    Enjoy
2.    Reply
3.    Like 
4.    Answer
Q5. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of  the given word.
Accurstomed
1.    Fabulous
2.    Terrifc
3.    Unusual
4.    Ordinary
Q6. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The students asked the teacher where they could find the information for their project.
1.    The teacher said to the students, “Where you can find information for your project”.
2.    The teacher said to the students, “I will tell you where you can find the information for your project.”
3.    The students asked the teacher,” Where can we find the information for our project.”
4.    The students said to the teacher,”Where can you find the information for our project.”
Q7. Selet the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Forbid
1.    Close
2.    Encourage
3.    Adieu
4.    Prohibit
Q8. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1.    Invitation
2.    Irritation 
3.    Possesions
4.    Protection
Q9. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
His voice was                 by the sound the helicopter.
1.    Drowned
2.    Driven
3.    Dawned
4.    Drawn
Q10. The following sentence has been divided inot parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as you answer.
A proble has been ordered/by the incident/ that occurred at the celebrations.
1.    A probe has been ordered
2.    By the incident
3.    No error
4.    That occurred at the celebrations
Q11. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Sai Kumari gave Akhila a bouquet of lilies on her birthday.
1.    Akhila is given a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.
2.    Akhila was gawe a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.
3.    Akhila was given a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.
4.    Akhila gave a bouquet of lilies on her birthday to Sai Kumari.
Q12. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Despicable
1.    Commendable
2.    Contemptible
3.    Laudable
4.    Desireble
Q13. Select the most appropriate option to substitude the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to subtitute it, select ‘ No substitution required’.
Lavany awas happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year has grow quite taller.
1.    No substitution required
2.    Had grown quite tallest
3.    Had grown quite tall
4.    Had grow quite taller
Q14. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To have eggs on one’s face
1.    To be embarrassed because on one’s action
2.    To apply egg yolk on one’s face for making it look beautiful
3.    To buy eggs and break them
4.    To threw eggs on a speaker’s face
Q15. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Disheveled
1.    Untidy
2.    Cluttered
3.    Ordered
4.    Unkempt
Q16. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammeatical error.
The sports day events/ will be conducted/ from 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. / on Saturday.
1.    From 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m
2.    The sports day events
3.    On Saturday
4.    Will be conducted
Q17. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound
1.    Mechanics
2.    Acoustics
3.    Optics
4.    Photonics
Q18. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumble order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaning and coherent paragraph.
A.    Humans work because they have to; they play because they want to.
B.    The most useful definitions are those that clarify the realtionship of sports to play, games and contests.
C.    “Play,” wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, “is purposeless activity, for its own sake, the opposite fo work.”
D.    Sports are part of every culture, post and present, but each culture has its own definition of sports.
1.    ABCD
2.    BADC
3.    DCBA
4.    DBCA
Q19. Select the most appropriate option to substitude the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to subtitute it, select ‘No substitution required.’
India has identified a nose-based vaccine agains Covid-19 that could be a ‘gamechanger’ .
1.    No substitution required
2.    A nasal vaccine
3.    An aural vaccine
4.    A sense-based vaccine
Q20. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Thick as thieves
1.    Telling lies all the time
2.    Being very dishonest
3.    Never halping anyone
4.    Having a close friendship
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the msot appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Meghalaya, a hilly state of india, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)               by the indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2)                      Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3)                      hill town of shillong, located in east-central Meghalaya.  Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)                  block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5)                    from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
SubQuestion No: 21
Q21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.
1.    Bind
2.    Bounded
3.    Bonded
4.    Bounding
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the msot appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Meghalaya, a hilly state of india, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)               by the indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2)                      Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3)                      hill town of shillong, located in east-central Meghalaya.  Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)                  block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5)                    from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
SubQuestion No: 22
Q22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.2.
1.    Baside
2.    By
3.    With
4.    Near
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the msot appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Meghalaya, a hilly state of india, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)               by the indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2)                      Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3)                      hill town of shillong, located in east-central Meghalaya.  Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)                  block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5)                    from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
SubQuestion No: 23
Q23. Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no.3.
1.     A 
2.    Only
3.    The 
4.    One
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the msot appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Meghalaya, a hilly state of india, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)               by the indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2)                      Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3)                      hill town of shillong, located in east-central Meghalaya.  Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)                  block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5)                    from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
SubQuestion No : 24
Q24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4.
1.    Withdrawn
2.    Standing
3.    Detached
4.    Removed
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the msot appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Meghalaya, a hilly state of india, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)               by the indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2)                      Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3)                      hill town of shillong, located in east-central Meghalaya.  Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)                  block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5)                    from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
SubQuestion No : 25
Q25. Select the most appriate option to fill in blank no.5.
1.    Distance
2.    Elevation
3.    Increase
4.    Rise

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